Based on the latest figures, the UNHCR has started scaling up its operations inside Syria to better address the needs of those returning home, Mr Mahecic said.

But he warned that while there were increased hopes linked to the recent Astana and Geneva peace talks, the UNHCR “believes conditions for refugees to return in safety and dignity are not yet in place in Syria”.

Mr Mahecic also said that the number of those who had already come back was a “fraction” of an estimated five million refugees hosted in the region.

Last week, the UNHCR said that about 200,000 people had fled Syria in 2016.

The agency said that since the conflict began in 2011, about 5.5 million people had left the country, and another 6.3 million had been left internally displaced.

More than 300,000 Syrians have lost their lives in the war, which began with anti-government protests.

The Islamic State militant group (IS) has withdrawn from the last territory it held in Aleppo province as government forces continue their advance, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says, but the claim has not been independently verified

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P1446:5, 131:3.3 . . . It is evil to see sin where there is no sin; TO SEE NO SIN WHERE THERE IS SIN. Evil is the path of FALSE DOCTRINES. Those who avoid evil BY SEEING THINGS AS THEY ARE gain joy by thus embracing the truth. Make an end of your misery BY LOATHING SIN. When you look up to the Noble One, turn away from sin with a whole heart. Make no apology for evil; MAKE NO EXCUSE FOR SIN.
By your efforts to make amends for past sins you acquire strength to resist future tendencies thereto. Restraint is born of repentance. Leave no fault unconfessed to the Noble One.
131:3.4 (1447.1) “Cheerfulness and gladness are the rewards of deeds well done and to the glory of the Immortal. No man can rob you of the liberty of your own mind. When the faith of your religion has emancipated your heart, when the mind, like a mountain, is settled and immovable, then shall the peace of the soul flow tranquilly like a river of waters. Those who are sure of salvation are forever free from lust, envy, hatred, and the delusions of wealth. While faith is the energy of the better life, nevertheless, must you work out your own salvation with perseverance. If you would be certain of your final salvation, then make sure that you sincerely seek to fulfill all righteousness. Cultivate the assurance of the heart which springs from within and thus come to enjoy the ecstasy of eternal salvation.
~~ Urantia Book Paper 131 ~~